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- ●Choose your category and tell your story: exhibition, fair, opening and more
- ●ArtWire drafts art-world-appropriate copy in seconds
- ●Tweak it or ship it. Your voice, our format
- ●Multi-language support for international press
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5,000+ art world contacts
Critics, curators, editors, and bloggers from the art world's top publications — over 2,000 email-verified. Filterable, organised and ready to pitch.
- ●Artforum, Frieze, ARTnews, Hyperallergic & more
- ●Filter by specialty, publication, region or beat
- ●See past activity, response rates, latest coverage
Personalised pitches at scale
ArtWire adapts every pitch for every journalist, keeps your tone, targets the right beat, and sends at the optimal time.
- ●Every subject line, every intro, tailored automatically
- ●Time-zone, beat, preference, sent-time optimization
- ●Track opens, clicks and replies in real-time
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MonitoringTrack every mention automatically
Our monitoring engine scans art publications, print PDFs, blogs and directories 24/7.
- ●Know the instant an outlet picks up your story
- ●sentiment analysis on every mention
- ●Email alerts when new coverage appears
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From draft to published mentions in five days, not six weeks.
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ArtWire was incredibly helpful and accessible. Thanks to their platform, we were able to distribute our news to over 300 publications, media outlets, and freelancers within London alone. The reach and visibility we achieved exceeded our expectations. We will definitely be using ArtWire again for future press releases and highly recommend it to anyone looking to get their news in front of the right audience.
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14 press release categories designed for exhibitions, fairs, awards, and gallery openings. Written to art world conventions.
5,000+ contacts, ready to pitch
Pre-seeded database of art journalists, critics, curators, and editors. Searchable by beat, region, and publication.
Know who reads your pitches
Real-time open and click tracking on every email. Coverage monitoring with sentiment analysis across publications.
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Starter
For individual artists getting started
- ●5 press releases / month
- ●50 targeted sends / month
- ●Up to 50 recipients per release
- ●Basic media database (500 contacts)
- ●1 media list
- ●100 MB file transfers
- ●Standard support
Studio
For working artists who need more
- ●10 press releases / month
- ●200 targeted sends / month
- ●Up to 200 recipients per release
- ●Full media database (5,000+)
- ●3 media lists
- ●PDF export
- ●500 MB file transfers
- ●Email support
Professional
For galleries & working artists
- ●Unlimited press releases
- ●1,000 targeted sends / month
- ●Up to 300 recipients per release
- ●Unlimited media lists
- ●Automatic pitch personalisation
- ●Coverage monitoring
- ●Up to 3 team members
- ●3 client workspaces
- ●Approval workflow
- ●1 GB file transfers
- ●Priority support
Every plan includes press kit builder, a public newsroom page for each release, the art fair calendar with press deadlines, open and click tracking, and contact search.
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